Etymology

blare

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Today it means: To play (a radio, recorded music, etc.) at extremely loud volume levels. Full definition →

Middle English blaren ← Old English *blǣran ← Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰleh₁-“to bleat, cry”
  2. Old English · inherited from*blǣran
  3. Middle English · inherited fromblaren
  4. English todayblare

The verb is derived from Late Middle English blaren, bleren, bloren (“to bellow, cry, wail; of a goat: to bleat”), probably from Old English *blǣran, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to bleat, cry”) and ultimately imitative. Related to Middle Dutch blaren, bleren (“to bawl, cry; to shout; to bleat”) (modern Dutch blèren). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates German Low German blaren, blarren Middle High German blêren, blerren (modern German plärren) Saterland Frisian blärje West Frisian blearje

Words from the same roots

Old English*blǣran all →

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Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₁- all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.